Water cannon used during protest

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September 05, 2012 09:11:21

Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) pro-Telangana activists battle against a water cannon as they break through barricades during a protest in New Delhi, India, on September 4, 2012. The activists are demanding the UPA government to immediately take steps to form a separate state of Telangana. New Delhi agreed in 2009 to the partition of Andhra Pradesh, India's fifth-largest state in terms of territory, but soon after it said the proposal needed more consultation following a fierce political backlash.